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Press Release

Washington, DC- FreedomWorks for America activists across Florida’s third district are celebrating a victory for fiscal conservative Ted Yoho in his Republican congressional primary.

FreedomWorks for America President Matt Kibbe commented:

“Ted Yoho has continuously stood with other liberty-minded members of the House like Justin Amash to protect civil liberties, and fight against the unconstitutional NSA spying program. He represents exactly the type of constitutional conservative we need in Washington while our freedoms are under siege.”

FreedomWorks for America is a grassroots service center to over 6.6 million activists supporting candidates who believe in individual liberty and constitutionally-limited government. For more information, please visit www.FreedomWorksForAmerica.org or contact Jackie Bodnar at JBodnar@FreedomWorks.org.

As the 2018 midterm elections approach, voters in all 50 states will cast their ballots for members of Congress and many will cast their ballots for senators. Some ballots will also include measures independent of the national elections. These are, for example, gubernatorial races, as well as ballot initiatives to amend state constitutions.

The heated discussion circulating around healthcare has recently moved to the Senate. As we saw in the House there is a definitive split between the establishment and other members regarding the full repeal and replacement of the entitlement program known as Obamacare.

Florida Gov. Rick Scott signed legislation that requires law enforcement to make an arrest before seizing property believed to be connected to a crime and increases the evidentiary standard the government needs to permanently keep seized property. The bill also offers procedural reforms, such as a $1,000 filing fee and $1,500 that the government needs to pay before beginning forfeiture proceedings against seized property. The bond would be payable to the property owner if the government fails to produce evidence that the property is connected to illicit activity.

The momentum for civil asset forfeiture reform continued Tuesday. The Florida House of Representatives unanimously passed SB 1044 less than a week after it passed the state Senate without opposition. SB 1044 requires law enforcement to make an arrest before property believed to be connected to a crime is seized and requires the government to present proof beyond a reasonable doubt before property can be forfeited to the state.

The benefit of America’s federalist system, in which the states are largely free to set their own laws and regulations, is that these “laboratories of democracy” allow us to see what works and what doesn’t in terms of economic success. While there are numerous pitfalls in examining economic statistics, due to the wide variety of variables involved, you can learn a lot by seeing where people choose to live. People generally flock to locations where they can get a good job, raise their children as they please, and afford a decent standard of living, all things that directly relate to economic freedom.

FreedomWorks announced Glenn Beck as a confirmed to speak at the 9/12 Grassroots Summit. Glenn Beck joins event host Andrew Wilkow and House Freedom Caucus Members, who are some of the most principled conservatives that are leading the charge for change in
Washington.

The tsunami of state-level civil asset forfeiture reforms continues to build as the Florida and Maryland legislatures are considering bills that would take small steps toward protecting innocent people's property from government overreach. The state legislatures that have passed or are considering civil asset forfeiture reforms include Georgia, New Mexico, Texas, and Virginia.